Garden Fest

May 8th, 2015
in the Enid A. Haupt Garden

What What is Garden Fest?

Garden Fest highlights each of the Smithsonian’s gardens and connects people to plants through educational demonstrations and engaging hands-on activities. The event, a tradition for Smithsonian Gardens since 2006, is an all-day, family friendly event.

Pollination

This year’s Garden Fest will take place in conjunction with both National Public Gardens Day and will promote Pollinator Partnership’s mission to promote the health of pollinators, critical to food and ecosystems, through conservation, education, and research.

The festival featured popular activities and The Bay Jazz Project will provided sprightly musical entertainment throughout the day.

The Smithsonian Gardens Green Team was out in full force too with some great ‘Garbage to Garden’ activities for both children and children-at-heart that focused on conservation in the garden. Team members taught us how to compost and re-use kitchen scraps to grow new plants, and drew attention to the importance of water and how we can conserve it in the garden!

We hope you all had as much fun as we did and look forward to seeing you again next year!

Garden Fest's Annual Container Contest!

This year’s contest challenged participants to think outside the pot -- find an object to repurpose as a container for plants. Be it breathtaking, practical, or whimsical, every garden serves a purpose. Thank you for coming and sharing your container with Smithsonian Gardens!